'Alias' Creator Doing The 'Impossible' Thanks To Tom Cruise

08/20/04

MTV

When "Alias" creator J.J. Abrams met Tom Cruise earlier this summer, the actor admitted he had never seen the show. Abrams gave him the first two seasons on DVD even though he thought Cruise would never watch them.
He was wrong. Not only did Cruise watch the shows, he loved them so much he asked Abrams to direct "Mission: Impossible 3."